This place is a hidden gem for pretty much anyone who didn't go to CSU. I'd seen the place when I was in the area for shows at Playhouse Square but never ventured in. From the outside it looks like a potentially rough dive especially since there really isn't much other than the Conrad's around it. A friend of mine who goes to CSU was there for trivia with friends and invited me along. Upon entering I was pleasantly surprised, it was divey but definitely not in a grimey or run down sort of way. It looked like your average sports/dive bar. They have a pretty extensive beer list and it seemed like trivia was a pretty popular event at the bar. The beer prices were a little higher than I would expect from a "college bar" but not by much and the food prices were pretty cheap. I'd definitely go back if I'm in the area for a casual night. read more

I happen to be around looking for a place to eat and I spotted this place, not your ordinary place to eat but they serve food. As I walk in since I'm not a drinker they left me in the front ( I guess waiting to be waited on) so I asked ; where can I sit to eat, no I am not drinking, I'm eating. They said walk towards the back . and that was it. After having the waiter passed me like 5 times, I got up to the bar and asked where can I placed my order, bartender: oh with me. So I placed my order. Now follow me: I got two eggs on a plate, then 10 mins later I got the greasiest bacon ever, never got toast and I had to request the fries but by the time I got the fries I had to go. I ate plain eggs and drank cold coffee. NEVER AGAIN! read more

This has to be the hippest bar in town. I mean, full beard, chunky glasses, skinny jeans HIP! You want to know how I know? OK, you know how, like, bars often have phone service and will advertise that phone number on their contact details on their website? I called Becky's to ask about when their trivia night began and what the basic rules are, and you know what? Somebody picked up the phone and sat it on the bar. And left it there. For fifteen minutes! Not so much as a hello, JOE nor a hi, bye or kiss my ass! : ) Now THAT is strutting the hipsterness, maaaaan. read more

I had a great time here and found exactly what I was looking for. The atmosphere at the front of the place is very nice. I would say it could have been better if there were more people, but oh well. I guess I went there during the off-season when CSU was not in session yet. It was surprisingly empty. They have a good beer selection, and more importantly helpful and friendly bartenders. I will try to go to this place often. read more

Becky's holds a special place in my heart. Cold beer and delicious food. Just a block or two from CSU's student center and comfort inn. Been to Becky's about a million time and it keeps me coming back for more. It's the hole in the wall bar that will fill your stomach and your heart. It may not be the prettiest bar in town but it certainly has the most character. Burgers are delicious and they definitely don't mess around with their pirogies!! Yum! Although I have to say, the grilled chicken salads are my all time favorite!! I could salivate at the thought of them! God bless Becky's and everyone that get to experience this gem. read more

Best Eastern European food in downtown. If you love German/Slavic foods, this is better than the haus up the street. Inexpensive drinks and a full menu of American cuisine. read more

Great bar to hang out with friends. Friendly staff and good food. The environment is overall pretty good; bathrooms aren't the best but it's a bar. As a student at CSU, this is a great place to go within walking distance. Would definitely recommend going for drinks here at least once. Get some friends and have a good time! read more

Becky's is the friendliest neighborhood bar in Cleveland. I have been a loyal customer for YEARS. The staff is fast, friendly and completely unpretentious. The clientele is a seamless blend of people of all ages, ethnicities and social standings drinking harmoniously together like one big happy, intoxicated family! There is a full menu of casual American fare, which is offered daily until 1am, and is very vegetarian and vegan friendly. Also, as the popularity of specialty beers grows, Becky's is responding with an increasing selection of draft and bottled beers to suit the more discriminating palates. Additionally, live music can now be heard several nights a week, Kareoke is a Saturday tradition and Sunday night open mic is gaining popularity and attracting a range of talented musicians. There is pool, darts, free parking and lots of seating inside. All pricing is very reasonable. read more

It is what it is -- a divey bar, much larger than most and with a much larger menu than most -- with okay food. It was fine, but it's not likely to go on my list of places to return to. read more

Becky's is one of the true college bars in Cleveland. It is not pretentious, just like the average CSU student, and perfect when you have a jonesin for laid back fun. read more

While I love Becky's and I think the food is great, especially the wings but one person in particular ruined my experience there. Becky's is your typical dive bar with no table service, which if fine. However, I came in yesterday July 19, 2016 around 9:30 and ordered some wings with ranch and celery. First, the nasty server Robin bought our celery and ranch first with no wings and low key just flung the food on the table and walked away. 10 minutes later he come and snatches our empty plates that had the celery and partially still full ranch cups. He never asked" are you ladies done with this?" 15 minutes later the wings are brought out by a nice young lady with long brown hair and I told her I am missing the ranch to dip for my wings and I ordered an additional side of jerk sauce. She said no problem, I'll bring it right out." After waiting another 5 minutes I walk to the back counter and ask the server his name (Robin) and I tell him I'm missing my ranch and additional sauce. He says, "Well go to front and ask for more sauce and pay and I'll bring it to you. My reply was "well we weren't done with our ranch and we use it to dip our wings". His response, "well you aint say nothing when I grabbed it". My reply, "Mr. Robin are you having a bad day or am I getting on your nerves?" He responded, "NO I'm fine" while swinging his neck like a hula-hoop. I tell him your attitude is really nasty and walked away. I told the lead bartender a bald head white man who was really cool. He took care of issue and I paid my additional .81 cents for the jerk sauce. So Tony don't allow this guy to run your loyal customers away. Either train him to be better with customer service or remove that cancer from your staff. Until there is better service, I encourage everyone to avoid this once awesome dive bar. read more

ah, becky's. an institution in the bars of clevo. if you go to csu or if you do theater at playhouse square, this is your bar. or if you just want to see the actors you just saw in a show that night drinking and drunky drunkerson, this is the bar. becky's has bar food. good bar food. greasy, fattening, tasty bar food. as a matter of fact, i do believe they were voted best bar food in clevo at some point quite recently. i do believe. yes. i do, virginia. becky's is a good time. and they have karaoke on saturday nights, when most other bars are too interested in other things on the weekends. last night, my friends dubbed it "kimmyoake". i'm ok with that. if you go for the karaoke, they have a pretty good book of songs to choose from. my choices ranged from some ike and tina, pat benatar, and of course, sisquo and his thong song. ..ohhh yeah. any place that allows it's patrons to get up and sing a happy thong song for the holidays is a great place to be. and file this under things that make me baffled vol. 24- why is it that there is always a token girl to get up and sing my heart will go on from titanic? ....and why do i always feel the need to interpretive dance while she sings and run to a pretend ship's balcony at the crescendo and beat my chest like a screaching canadian songstress? yep. read more

I heart this place. It's a dive but it's a dive I enjoy. It's away from downtown and parking is ample if there isn't anything crazy going on like the Cavaliers in the championship. I have yet to order food that I didn't like. My favorite is the steak salad. My suggestion is that the struggle with the cook of the steak is totally real so if you like a medium steak I suggest asking for a warmer cook because apparently medium here means rare-medium. If you like bleu cheese I suggest getting that with the salad. They have drink and/or food specials everyday so there's sure to be something to tickle your fancy. read more

Becky's is your local college watering hole. They have great food, great drinks , and atmosphere where you can enjoy good company with friends. read more

Becky's is a really fun place. We were here for a work function and were treated pretty much like royalty. The food was really great, the bartenders were fast, and everyone working there was super friendly. Karaoke gave the place an extra boost of fun, and the KJ (their words) was really into it, making the atmosphere very relaxed and not intimidating at all! Plus she (and her dad who was visiting her at work) belted out a few tunes themselves! There's a parking lot next to Becky's plus there is plenty of street parking. Very easy to get to -- not annoyingly "downtown" either. I liked this bar a lot. read more

Becky's is alright. Its a cool college joint in downtown Cleveland near the CSU campus. It has a good college joint feel about it, even with the policemens dining there. The food hit the spot. I had a tomato basil sandwhich on toasted sourdough. It was not thick sourdough, but like sliced bread. and tater tots. mmm scrumptious. read more

Becky's is a pretty typical dive bar, but I would consider it on the more upscale side of dive bars. They have a full service bar with beer on draft and loads of liquor all for reasonable prices. We recently attended on a Friday evening and they did karaoke that started at 10:00 pm. so that was pretty fun since a few people in our group got up and sang. It a pretty chill place where they do not play the music too loud so it is still possible to have conversations. read more

This dirty establishment was our first visit for my cousins 21st birthday. Not only did they refuse to serve us, claiming our ID's were fake, but this hard on the eyes, curly headed, excuse of a bartender claimed she was going to call the cops on us if we didn't leave within the next 15 minutes. Don't come here, it's all burnt out old people drinking their sorrowful lives away anyways. Not only is it a gross environment, it's also discriminative of age. Gross place, gross people, gross lack of responsibility and respect. read more

I don't understand how a bar like this has 4 stars. This place is a bad joke. Came in on a little before midnight on a Saturday and asked someone who from behind, I thought was a woman working the bar, where the restroom was about 4 times. After the 5th, "excuse me", bartender turns around who, turns out to be a guy who just has hair down to his waist. My fault. Points me to the end of the bar to a room that isn't lit. The smell of feces reaches my nose before I could even reach in my pocket to grab the flashlight my phone provides. Throw the light into an unflushed toilet of disgust. Come back to the bar and the "guy" and another girl working have their backs turned to entire bar. Only when a bellowing, "HEY" from across the bar is heard, do they turn around. And right when that bottle touches the bar in front of that customer, it's back to the tv. Closed captioning for a 1980s movie. Had to go into the bar to ask for a menu because of how unattentive these two simpletons were. After what seems like forever, the man next to me asks for his check which I see as my moment to get my order in. As the bartender is pouring my all too foam-y pint, the man next to me starts staring at his receipt with is glasses off. "I NEVER GOT MY CHILI". To no response. He comes back with my pint and is met with another, "I NEVER GOT MY CHILI". Sorry about that sir. Let me take that out for you. "I ORDERED THAT AT 11 SON!" I'm sorry again sir, with the beer foam dissipating from the pint still in his hand. By the time it reaches me, a clear inch is absent from the top. 20 minutes later, with the empty glass I manage to wave someone bringing food from the kitchen down to order a beer I notice on the chalkboard. I look down and what is he carrying, but a bowl of chili. "Can I have another beer?" Oh I don't work the bar. You have to ask that guy. The chili reaches longhair in the middle of him explaining the plot of the movie to one of the customers nearby my stool. "Who ordered this? Oh right. No he left. He said he didn't want it. Oh yeah you want another beer? The Great Lakes? Oh we only have one bottle left and that girl over there has it." He opens a sliding fridge in front of me with a Pabst Blue Ribbon with a, "How 'bout a Pabst?" to which I just nod. 3 beers in, nearing 1 am, a bell rings behind me and I see the guy bringing the fish and chips towards the bar. He turns his head to a couple throwing darts with a, "nice throw." Turns back to deliver the food and notices the coleslaw and a handful of fries have fell from the plate. He looks around to see if anyone has witnessed this, and keeps trekking. He delivers the food next to a register and scurries back to the kitchen. Don't see him til after last call has been announced at 1:30am. It takes a couple waves to get someone to bring the food over, which isn't half bad. Well what's left of it anyways. Last call comes and I order another "Pabst". 2 girls run in about 10 minutes later dressed like a nightclub in Vegas just swished them around in it's mouth and vomited them into the bar. "ARE WE TOO LATE?! PLEASE. UM. ANYTHING. CAN I HAVE A GREAT LAKES. OH ITS YOUR LAST ONE?! YEAH CAN I HAVE THAT AND 2 SHOTS OF JAMISON. THANKS" If you're under the age of 21, want to get trashed and yell the night away, playing darts, shoving George Washington's into a jukebox, while spending 4 bucks a beer, this is your spot. Welcome to idiot town. Mayor: long haired ponytail owning @$$hole. read more

While dining at this establishment my group was basically told that we were in the way. We were asked to switch tables to accommodate a larger party, I have never experienced this type of treatment in my 28 years of living! Do not patronize this establishment!!!!!!!! I came to this hole in the wall to enjoy the company of my co workers after a long day, and was treated with disrespect! DO NOT SUPPORT! read more

Nice vibe, but service gets absolutely overwhelmed when it's busy, like when there are concerts at CSU or a men's basketball game. A wait of more than an hour for food and 20 minutes to get a drink is standard. Management is either too inept or too cheap to hire enough staff to handle the crowds. It benefits by not having enough competition around. read more

Out of towners looking for a place to eat dinner. 15 minutes to place an order and 30 minutes to get a meal. The menu said fresh cooked burgers of quality meat..dont think so. Charred to imperfection, rubbery tasting meat. Better burgers from a fast food joint. read more

I love Becky's I used to come here all the time when I went to Cleveland State great atmosphere great friendly people.

A dive down the street from Cleveland State University. Can be fun if you go with friends. Otherwise its basically a run of the mill bar. If this is a bar for CSU students, then the 'students' inside looked pretty old. Overwhelmingly men for some reason. The only girls there were with their male companions. One 'interesting' note: on the dartboard among the names listed was an 'Aryan warrior.' OK, if this bar accepts open displays of white supremacy, I think its safe to say not everyone will be welcome. But the burgers are awesome. read more

Wow... Just read the other reviews and you will get the idea! Awesome beer! Great pretzels, cool location! We came on a Monday and it was a little slow but got some great information from the workers! Plan on coming back on a weekend! read more

Bartender with ponytail was extremely rude. He told us to "kiss him or get out". We were looking forward to getting some drinks and just have a good time after the Cavs game, but I guess he had other plans. One of the worst bars I've ever been to. read more

Becky's is a CSU bar with surprisingly good food. Burgers are really good and the turkey club is a good score. Happy hours usually draw a pretty good crowd too. read more

Such an awesome little bar! Stopped in with my best friend and we had an amazing meal. The pierogis are out of this world! Would highly recommend this little place to anyone that wants a good time and some incredible food!! read more

Went in for the first time yesterday and absolutely loved it. From the chill down to earth workers to the delish $1 tacos and the free beer you get from checking in.. What is there not to love. Definitely looking forward to coming again! read more

Omg. Great drinks. But this review is due the best jerk wings I've ever had. Order them. You won't regret it. A little kick...burr not to much. Will definitely be back....next week. read more

One bartender for sit down and bar service but service still wasn't that bad. Wings and turkey club were "cookie cutter" like every other bar. Get the basket of fries... read more

Use to have great karaoke night. But i think they changed owners or something. Food is good depending on who's cooking seems to have fell off read more

The place is very good the Philly is big with a great roll and peppers onions and lot's of cheese. Friendly staff and close to CSU. This will be a frequent stop with my CSU student. The I am told the wings were great! read more

30 mins to get wings. Some were cold. Nats flyimg in the middle of winter. Cost was $24.95 but the charge on my card was $29. Don't bother! It's a waste of time. read more

Went Becky's because we could walk from our hotel,paid bill with a MasterCard,singed for a bill of 25.92 .left 5.00tip on table.next day when I checked balance.they had taken .31.92of card.if you eat here don't pay with credit cards they may ripoff you too.I will say the pirogi were good. read more

Friendly staff. No pretense. Mixed crowd-black, white, old, young. Random music ranging from 70s pop to Rihanna to Christmas music. We had steak and pierogies--delicious and enough to split between two people. I love this bar. read more

The cooks are very talented! Brings the food items far beyond "bar food." The standard menu isn't huge, but it's diverse and the specials offer a lot of variety. The usually have a number of vegetarian options, including soups which are superb! read more

What can I say about Becky's? I've been going here for many a year, starting back in my days when I was in my early 20s working on various productions at Playhouse Square. Good prices, and some of the best wings around. Even though I live in NY now, I still make it a point to get in a visit whenever I'm home visiting family. read more

I had a great Burger here, and the staff is top notch. You will love this place. Everything i have tried here so far has been great. Prices are good as well. Service couldnt be better. read more

3 times in a row Ive had a bad experience here. The last time (2 yrs ago) I swore I would never go back. Previous visits ended with waiting for food over an hr from time I ordered. Bartender told me "don't bother coming here if you only have an hr for lunch". Never got my food that day. Experience today was sitting at bar ordering a burger. After a 40 minute wait, realized my food was delivered to a patron a few stools down. Bartender never did anything nor checked on my food, ever. F this place, don't waste your time here. Wont get screwed again. read more